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TransCanada, Company Behind Keystone XL Pipeline, Hires Lobbyists Linked To Obama

First Posted: 09/07/11 03:20 PM ET Updated: 11/07/11 05:12 AM ET

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/09/07/canadian-oil-company-hire_n_952506.html

OTTAWA - Some lobbyists for a controversial pipeline project stretching from the Alberta oilsands to the Gulf of Mexico need no introduction to confidantes of U.S. President Barack Obama.

TransCanada Corp. (TSX: TRP) has recruited heavyweights from the presidential campaigns of Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to lobby for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The effort is part of the Calgary company's full-court press behind closed doors to get Keystone XL approved.

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"What we're doing in Washington is no different than what many other groups are doing," company spokesman Terry Cunha said in an interview.

(More at the link.)